Virtual Machine (VM) Fails to Reclaim Disk Space After Deleting Snapshots in KVM.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Virtual machine (VM) disk space is not being reclaimed after deleting old snapshots in KVM, which can lead to the host filesystem running out of space and the VM unexpectedly shutting down.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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